China Glaze - Roguish Red

Today I have a polish from the new China Glaze Wicked collection for Halloween. It's called Roguish Red. I'm usually not a big fan of red or orange polishes, but I saw this in a set of four, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Roguish Red

This color is definitely a tomatoey red. It gives off a red orange vibe. It looks more orangeish depending on what type of light you are in, but for the most part looks red.

Two coats of Roguish Red

I used Essie's Rock Solid base coat, two coats of Roguish Red and a Color Club top coat. It was a pretty smooth application. It wasn't goopy and you can get away with one coat if you are in a hurry. I could still see some visible nail line, so I added a second coat. 

Roguish Red with a flash

Like I said, I'm not a big fan of reds, but for some reason this really catches my eye. I love Halloween, so maybe that's why I like it. The other three colors that came in the set were Bizarre Blurple, Glitter Goblin and Ghoulish Glow. I'll try and get to all four before Halloween, so that you can see some swatches.

Roguish Red in regular light

I think this a very pretty color. I'm not sure I'd go call it a Halloween color, but it's close enough. A couple of bat stamps and it may look festive. I'm very impressed with the application though. It isn't goopy like some China Glaze's can be. Plus, the four bottle set was only $8.99 at Sally's Beauty Supply, so it was worth the cost.

Closeup of Roguish Red in natural light

I'm definitely going to put this one in the keep pile. I may use it from time to time in the fall. While, I don't think it's a true Halloween color, it's definitely a fall red! China Glaze retails from $4.99-7.99 depending on where you get it. I usually pick up most of mine at Sally's Beauty Supply because they have a discount on China Glaze if you have a Sally's card. 

I've done a quick swatch of Bizarre Blurple and Glitter Goblin and both are very interesting. I'll save those for another day though!!

Before I go, I wanted to share a picture of Zeke and Brinlee napping on their favorite blanket in the world. It's an old San Francisco Giants blanket my husband has had forever. The pups have claimed it as their own.

Brinlee and Zeke on the couch in their designated nap spot!

Hope you enjoyed today's post!!

Jaclyn

OPI Fly and giveaway news!!

Hello Ladies!!
Today I wanted to share some pictures of Fly, one of the colors from the Nicki Minaj collection! I picked up five of the six shades. I didn't get the Super Bass Shatter because I have tons of shatter I don't use now.

From left: Did It On Em, Fly, Pink Friday, Save Me, Metallic 4 Life

I was most excited to use Fly, because I am a blue polish girl. If it's remotely related to blue, I'm buying it. Since I have a wonderful local salon owner - Shout out to Nails by Nicci in Philipsburg, PA! - she is able to get whatever polish from the new OPI collections I'm looking for. I usually give her a list on a scrap piece of paper and I get a box at my next nail appointment with all my polish!

Fly - a light blue with a kick!

Since I had a nail appointment today with my lovely manicurist Tammie, I decided to get Fly put on since I couldn't wait another few days. All you polish lovers understand what I mean! I love getting my nails done, even though I really don't need to go very often. I have natural nails and usually I go to get the great OPI scrub and lotion as well as some cuticle care. Tammie is awesome. She is a fantastic manicurist and my hands look awesome when I leave. Case in point, see my next picture......

Thanks to Tammie for the awesome mani!!

All in all, I love this color. Of course, I love most OPI colors. Their cremes are awesome and their colors are so fantastic. After I took pictures, I layered some Save Me over Fly. It looks totally awesome as well! 

Fly gets two thumbs up!

Now on to the news of my FIRST ever giveaway! I promised all of my polish friends that if I got to 30 followers by yesterday, I would have a giveaway. So, without further ado, here is a sneak peak of what will be in said giveaway!

From Left: Borghese Raspberry Sorbetto with bonus base and topcoat; WnW Spoiled glitters in Pirates Booty, Jewel Heist and Use Protection

I will have the giveaway up and running by tomorrow night using rafflecopter!! Before I go, I wanted to leave you with a puppy picture of Zeke. Since this is PUPPIES and pawlish, what's better than a little puppy in overalls?

Zeke in his overalls at 4 months!

Until tomorrow,

Jackie

Wet N Wild Permission to Proceed and OPC pet powder

Hello everyone! Today I have a post on one of the new Spoiled polishes from Wet n Wild. I picked up quite a few the other day at CVS and of all of the ones I've swatched, this one has to be one of my faves!

Permission to Proceed -bottom

Permission to Proceed is a very bright green in the bottle. However, once you get it on your nails, it looks like a true kelly green. The formula is really easy to work with. You will find that you will need to use a shiny top coat because this does have some fluorescent elements in it. That means once you get it on the nail and it dries, it dries to a dull finish.

Four coats of Permission to Proceed

For these photos, I used four coats of Permission to Proceed. You don't need four coats, but obviously the for the first two I put on I was half asleep. I had a big line down two of my nails where I missed getting polish. So I added two more coats to make it look even. I have a base coat of Sally Hansen Strengthening Basecoat, four coats of Permission to Proceed and a top coat of Seche Vite.

For my ring finger, I added one coat of OPI's Fresh Frog of Bel-Air

The Fresh Frog of Bel Air added to this reminds me of Zoya's Ivanka, only with silver glitter mixed in. It looks awesome in bright light!

Awesome Green!

All in all I really like this polish. I've wore it once for three days and had minimal tip wear. It's a very strong pigmented color. Even if you don't really like green, you should try this one out. You can get it at CVS for $1.99 a bottle. I got this one during a buy one, get one 50% off sale!

Lastly, I promised all of my friends who have dogs or love their pets as much as I do, to tell them about a really great product. The product is called Pet Health OPC Formula. It's a pre-mixed powder that goes on your dogs food.

OPC powder

Why is this product so awesome you ask? Well my friend Shari, who owns the local dog store Waggin Trains, recommended it to me after Zeke was having terrible problems with his allergies. Zeke is allergic to flea bites and grass. I know, grass? Anyway, for the first few years of his life he had to go to the vet at least once to twice a year to get a benadryl shot. He would chew himself raw and get big red welts on his skin. When I told Shari about it, she suggested trying this. In two weeks, Zeke's allergies had improved ten fold! He still has flare ups, but not nearly as bad as when he wasn't taking the powder. The actual powder looks like a finely sifted flour and is beef flavored. I would recommend it to anyone who has a dog or cat who suffers from allergies. It can be bought off the website www.marketamerica.com, which also sells some really great all-natural and good-for-your-pet products!

So, I hope that you will try both the polish and if you have a pet with allergies, the powder!

Jackie